. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. ough, rugulose bark. Lvs. on chan-neled petioles 6-8 in. long; Ifts. lanceolate-oblong, acute,in 5-11 pairs, 2-2% in. long, 1 in. apart; slender stipules2-3 lines long: panicle 6-8 in. long: fr. leathery, vel-vety, used as a medicine by the Kaffirs. Int. by Rea-soner Bros., 1891. AA
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. ough, rugulose bark. Lvs. on chan-neled petioles 6-8 in. long; Ifts. lanceolate-oblong, acute,in 5-11 pairs, 2-2% in. long, 1 in. apart; slender stipules2-3 lines long: panicle 6-8 in. long: fr. leathery, vel-vety, used as a medicine by the Kaffirs. Int. by Rea-soner Bros., 1891. AA. Fls. white. Jap6nica, Gray. A Japanese woody climber. green, odd-pinnate; Ifts. narrowly ovate. 4-6 pairs, long. 1 in. apart: racemes simple, nodding, 5-8in. long. Probably not hardy in the North. Procurableof dealers in Japanese plants. 1:43 {WistariaJaponica), MILTONIA 1035 MILTdNIA (named for Lord Fitzwilliam, ViscountMilton, a patron of horticulture). OreliidHceie. Thisgroup contains some of the most beautiful orchids incultivation. The pseudobulbs are closely clustered andsheathed with long, graceful, dark green lvs., formingplants over 1 ft. in diameter, bearing numerous largefls. They are herbs with short pseudobulbs, bearing1-2 lvs at the summit and few or many sheathing 1402. Mdtoni at the base: the inflorescence arises from the base ofthe pseudobulbs, and consists of a single-fld. peduncleor of a loose raceme of long-pedicelled fls.: sepals sub-equal, spreading, free or the lateral ones slightly united;petals similar or a little wider; labellum not distinctlyclawed, large, expanded, not 3-lobed, but often bifid atthe apex: both the segments and the labellum are ex-panded, forming a flat flower: column short. This ge-nus contains nearly 20 species, mostly from are closely related to Odontoglossum and On-cidium, but may be distinguished by the charactersgiven above. M. Boezlii, M. vexillaria, and someclosely related kinds were u
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